Friday, January 09, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
I've been meaning to link this essay from Wired for months, but frankly, I rarely blog anymore.
If you know me in real life or if you follow me on Twitter, then you've likely heard me harp about blogs and how passe I find them to be. Who needs blogging when you have microblogging? Why read 500 or 1000 words, when I can get the message in 140 characters?
And yes, I know, sometimes we need more than 140 characters to wax poetic or dissect a particular topic, and that is one of the reasons that blogs are good.
And yes, there are some blogs that I will continue to read, but for the most part, they are webrity blogs that are long established (long for the blogosphere, that is), like: Gawker, Deadspin, Perez, the700level and a few others.
Because I work in social media, I research blogs and keep up with the Jones' out there in the blogosphere, but my daily personal interest reads include very few blogs.
So yes, for the most part, I agree with Wired's essayist. If you're thinking about launching your own blog now, don't bother.
If you know me in real life or if you follow me on Twitter, then you've likely heard me harp about blogs and how passe I find them to be. Who needs blogging when you have microblogging? Why read 500 or 1000 words, when I can get the message in 140 characters?
And yes, I know, sometimes we need more than 140 characters to wax poetic or dissect a particular topic, and that is one of the reasons that blogs are good.
And yes, there are some blogs that I will continue to read, but for the most part, they are webrity blogs that are long established (long for the blogosphere, that is), like: Gawker, Deadspin, Perez, the700level and a few others.
Because I work in social media, I research blogs and keep up with the Jones' out there in the blogosphere, but my daily personal interest reads include very few blogs.
So yes, for the most part, I agree with Wired's essayist. If you're thinking about launching your own blog now, don't bother.
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